a conventional relative measure of dimension, as for shoes, gloves, and other articles made up for sale

Size(noun)

an instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, -- used for ascertaining the size of pearls

Size(verb)

to fix the standard of

Size(verb)

to adjust or arrange according to size or bulk

Size(verb)

to take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature

Size(verb)

to sift, as pieces of ore or metal, in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts

Size(verb)

to swell; to increase the bulk of

Size(verb)

to bring or adjust anything exactly to a required dimension, as by cutting

Size(verb)

to take greater size; to increase in size

Size(verb)

to order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book

Origin: [See Sice, and Sise.]

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size

size is a command line utility originally written for use with the Unix-like operating systems. It processes one or more ELF files and its output are the dimensions of the text, data and uninitialized sections, and their total.
Common use:
Here follows some examples on Solaris; options and syntax may vary on different Operating Systems:
With -f option name and size of each section are printed out, plus their total:
With -F option size and permission flag of each sections are printed out, plus their total: